Subject: Re: http-protocol question

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 19:34:16 -0800

Hi Bryan,

Bryan Turner wrote:

> Is there actually logic somewhere in Git that does that "MAY walk
> backwards" step?

Yes.  See upload-pack.c::check_non_tip and
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/178814.

Hope that helps,
Jonathan